Dahinden Roland

Studies in trombone and composition at Musikhochschule Graz (Erich Kleinschuster, Georg F. Haas), Scuola di Musica di Fiesole (Vinko Globokar), Wesleyan University Connecticut (Anthony Braxton, Alvin Lucier) and Birmingham University England (Vic Hoyland).
1989: Artist in residence at The A. Guthry Art Centre, Monahan, Ireland
1990: Composer fellowship, one year residency in London
1992-95: Assistent of Anthony Braxton and Alvin Lucier at Wesleyan University
1994: Master of Arts in Music at Wesleyan University
1994-95: Scholar in residence at Wesleyan University
1997: Artist in residence at the Intermedia Spritzenhaus, Hamburg
1998-2002: PhD program in composition at Birmingham University
2002: Doctor of Philosophy in Music at Birmingham University
2003: prize "Werkjahr" of the art council of the canton Zug, Switzerland
2005: The CD 'silberen' picked as one of the 'Top Classical Albums of the Year 2004' by the arts journal The New Yorker.
As a trombonist he spezializes in the performance of contemporary music and improvisation/jazz, concerts in various countries of Europe, in America and Asia.
Composers such as Peter Ablinger, Maria de Alvear, Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Peter Hansen, Hauke Harder, Bernhard Lang, Joelle Léandre, Alvin Lucier, Chris Newman, Pauline Oliveros, Hans Otte, Lars Sandberg, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Daniel Wolf and Christian Wolff wrote especially for him.
Since 1987 he works in the duo with Hildegard Kleeb and since 1992 together in the trio with the violonist Dimitrios Polisoidis.
As a composer he collaborated with visual artists Guido Baselgia, Andreas Brandt, Stéphane Brunner, Daniel Buren, Rudolf de Crignis, Philippe Deléglise, Inge Dick, Rainer Grodnick, Sol LeWitt, Lisa Schiess, Guido Baselgia, with the architects Morger & Degelo, and with the author Eugen Gomringer
exhibitions with sound installations and sculptors in Europe and America.